I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the Abolition of the Imperial Ordinance No. 18 of 1914 (regarding the affairs of entrusting administrative offices to conduct the business of "Saiseikai, Imperial Gift Foundation"), etc., and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This twenty-ninth day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 29, 1947) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Imperial Ordinance No. 108 Imperial Ordinance No. 18 of 1914 and Imperial Ordinance No. 288 of 1939 shall be abolished. Supplementary Provision: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from April 1, 1947.